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Candidate Booklet CALVIN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY prospective2021 candidates June 1, 2021 Dear Delegates of Synod 2021, Enclosed in this booklet are descriptions of the candidates being recommended to Synod 2021. For each person there is a photo, a brief biographical sketch, a statement of their faith journey, and the stated reason for pursuing candidacy. Each of the candidates has their own unique story and their own unique gifts. They are united in a desire to serve the Lord Jesus Christ through ordained ministry in the Christian Reformed Church. We trust that these pages (presented via an electronic format) will help the delegates of Synod 2021 become a bit more familiar with the 31 candidates. The Candidacy Committee expresses its gratitude to the faculty and administration of Calvin Seminary for their role in preparing the candidates for this significant event in their respective ministry journeys. Many of the candidates have spent several years in study at Calvin Seminary through either the residential or distance programs. Those who have graduated from other seminaries have participated in the EPMC (Ecclesiastical Program for Ministerial Candidacy), a program approved by synod, overseen by the Candidacy Committee, and carried out in partnership with Calvin Seminary. As a Candidacy Committee we are pleased to present these individuals to the church. We rejoice in what God has done and will do through each of them. We invite each delegate of synod to use this electronic booklet as a prompter to pray for the church and for the candidates as they wait for and respond to calls from the church in the coming months. The Candidacy Committee The Candidacy Committee Rev. David Koll, Director of Candidacy Rev. Susan LaClear, Director of Candidacy 1700 28th Street SE 3475 Mainway Grand Rapids, Michigan 49508-1407 PO Box 5070 STN LCD 1 616-241-1691 Burlington, Ontario L7R 3Y8 616-224-05895 fax 905-336-2920 905-336-8344 fax www.crcna.org APPLICANT FOR CANDIDACY 2021 Faith Journey I have come to full-time Christian ministry later in life, and I have always tried to serve Jesus wholeheartedly in whatever job or career he has placed me. I was born in northern Minnesota to church planting parents in the churches of Christ; their example of dedicated service taught me volumes. Growing up in that environment built in me a deep love of Scripture and for the local church. I raised my own children in a Baptist tradition; there I gained experience in church leadership, worship and loving Jesus. One of the great joys of my Christian walk has been to serve alongside my wife. First this was in shared leadership in a church which expectantly encouraged the Spirit’s gifting of the women in our midst. Sandy preceded me in earning her MDiv, then went on to obtain her DMin Name: Mark D. Broadus and start her own para-church ministry. Even while pursuing her own call, Sandy continues to confirm, encourage and challenge my own gifts Place of birth: Duluth, Minnesota and call. Education: I came to Fellowship Christian Reformed Church of Toronto as a Tyndale Seminary recent seminary grad in 2018 to help them refocus their ministries Toronto, Ontario toward their neighbourhood. I was thrilled to see the congregation’s M.Div., 2017 own confirmation that God had placed us together in ministry, Calvin Theological Seminary and was thrilled to see how God used much of my experience from Grand Rapids, MI previous careers. I was ordained as a commissioned pastor in 2019 and EPMC, 2021 immediately started on the road to become a Minister of the Word. I have thoroughly enjoyed learning about the Christian Reformed Internships: Church and value the faith journeys of the many people I have met while Chartwell Baptist Church on this journey. Mississauga, Ontario Sept. 2016 - May 2017 I am a passionate believer that the local church is the way Jesus has ordained that his name be made known to the world. The Christian Contact: Reformed Church is a wonderful combination of local churches serving 416-622-9647 where they are planted, and a group of churches banding together to mark_broadus@fellowship pursue the gospel mandate. I am excited to be a part of this in whatever churchto.org way brings glory to our great God. Mark Broadus Statement of Reason I am seeking candidacy because I believe God is calling me to this as the best way for me to serve Jesus and the local church. I have attempted to do this to the best of my ability my entire life in lay ministry, and now, to my own surprise, God has led me to the Christian Reformed Church. The three years I have worked here have confirmed God’s leading by his generous hand. I value the Christian Reformed Church’s desire to shape culture and participate in God’s redemptive process, utilizing the Spirit- gifts of all of its members. Mark Broadus APPLICANT FOR CANDIDACY 2021 Faith Journey As I look back over my faith journey, one thing is clear above all else – God has been present, guiding my path every step of the way. I was born and raised in Grand Rapids, MI and grew up in the CRC. My childhood unfolded in the halls of my home, my church, and the Christian school, and running the sidewalks of my neighborhood with friends from all walks of life. I am grateful for the solid Biblical foundations on which my parents and grandparents raised me to know and love God. Some of my earliest memories center around the spiritual practices of prayer, worship, hospitality, and service. From a very young age, I knew I was loved by God and called to love the people whom God has placed in my life. In middle school and high school, the knowledge I had gained about Name: Kelly J. Buist God began to develop into my own personal faith, leading to my public Place of birth: Grand Rapids, profession of faith as a freshman in high school. Soon after, I began Michigan participating in, and eventually leading Bible studies, which continued through my time at Calvin College, and remains a favorite discipline Education: of mine. Calvin College Grand Rapids, MI After graduating from Calvin College with a Recreation degree, B.S.R, 2005 I married Don and began to work in the corporate world. It was here that God really began to stir my heart toward ministry. I continued to Calvin Theological Seminary feel like something was missing and that I was not where God wanted me Grand Rapids, MI to be. I became pregnant with our first child and decided to take time M.Div., 2021 off of work to raise her. Eventually we welcomed home another daughter Internships: and a son. Plymouth Heights CRC For 10 years we were happy and content. I was a stay-at-home mom who Grand Rapids, MI did not like to stay home much and found various ways to volunteer at January 2018 - March 2019 our church, the kids’ school and throughout the community. Somewhere Calvary CRC along the way, I had begun praying that God would break my heart for Wyoming, MI the things that break God’s heart, and everything about the way I saw life March 2019 - June 2019 around me began to change. Wanting to seek change, I dove further into lay leadership at our church and in our community. God used this time Contact: to significantly grow me into who I am today, and to open my eyes to the 616-443-9950 ways in which God has gifted me and called me into ministry. [email protected] Through a number of gentle and then not so gentle nudges from the Holy Spirit, friends, and family, I eventually walked through the doors of CTS, but not without huge hesitations. I felt God’s call on my life and I was open to wherever God might lead, but it took some time before I could fully accept that and step into it. At the beginning of this part of my journey I simply felt God telling me to go and I wanted to lean in as far as I could. I had learned by then that God was inviting me into that sweet spot where God does so much work in us – that space where we step out in all our fears and unknowns, and trust that God will guide us through. That holy space is where I continue to meet God regularly. The spiritual journey which God has brought me on while at CTS has been one that I could never have imagined. Through numerous painful experiences, God has stretched me and broken me down. In my own grief and loss, God has invited me to lean heavily on God and has deepened my love for God’s people. Amidst the brokenness, God has Faith Journey (continued) revealed rich and true qualities about Godself to me and drawn me into God’s embrace more fully. I know without a doubt that God is with me, every step of the way and it is my deepest desire that God’s people know this for themselves as well. Kelly Buist Statement of Reason I am joyfully seeking candidacy in the Christian Reformed Church. Having felt and heard God’s call on my life, and in leaning into the unique gifts which God has given me, I humbly step forward, empowered by the Holy Spirit, to love and serve God’s people. I want nothing more for those whom I will serve than for them to know the gentle, generous, and grace-filled discipleship of Jesus Christ.
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